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Dow Today: Walt Disney (DIS) Leads The Day Higher, Boeing (BA) Lags

The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS), which is sporting a $1.06 gain (+1.7%) bringing the stock to $62.93. Holding back the Dow today is Boeing (NYSE:BA), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a $1.34 decline (-1.4%) bringing the stock to $91.51.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) is trading up 17 points (+0.1%) at 14,729 as of Monday, Apr 29, 2013, 9:35 a.m. ET. During this time, 22.6 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 603.8 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,874 issues advancing vs. 566 declining with 156 unchanged.

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The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), which is sporting a $1.06 gain (+1.7%) bringing the stock to $62.93. This single gain is lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 8.02 points or roughly accounting for 47.2% of the Dow's overall gain. Volume for Walt Disney currently sits at 563,884 shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 8.2 million shares.

Walt Disney has a market cap of $111.94 billion and is part of the services sector and media industry. Shares are up 24.3% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 1.2%.

The Walt Disney Company operates as an entertainment company worldwide. Its Media Networks segment engages in broadcast television network, television production and distribution, television stations, broadcast radio networks and stations, and publishing and digital operations. The company has a P/E ratio of 20, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Walt Disney as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity and reasonable valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

Holding back the Dow today is Boeing (NYSE: BA), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a $1.34 decline (-1.4%) bringing the stock to $91.51. Volume for Boeing currently sits at 1.1 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 5.3 million shares.

Boeing has a market cap of $69.42 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector and aerospace/defense industry. Shares are up 23.2% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 2.1%.

The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, sale, and support of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.2, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Boeing as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

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